US and Mexican authorities said they had unearthed a massive, 0.62 mile long tunnel dug under their border by drug traffickers, with 2 tons of marijuana inside. Lined with concrete, equipped with ventilation and lights, is cut 85 feet deep

Two of the leading cancer specialists in the US and Canada have
confirmed that Kubby has malignant pheochromocytoma, a very rare
form of adrenal cancer, and that only cannabis has kept him alive for
decades longer than is typical in such cases.

GENEVA - LSD is an unlikely subject for a 100th birthday party. Yet the Swiss chemist who discovered the mind-altering drug and was its first human guinea pig is celebrating his centenary Wednesday in good health and with plans to attend an internati

Rhode Island on Tuesday became the 11th state to legalize medical marijuana and the first since the
U.S. Supreme Court ruled in June that patients who use the drug can still be prosecuted under federal law.

The Bush administration has sent troops into Paraguay. They are there ostensibly for humanitarian and counterterrorism purposes. The action coincides with growing left unity in South America, military buildup in the region and burgeoning independent

Companies making vaccines to protect against biological agents or pandemic viruses would be shielded from lawsuits, even if they are negligent or reckless, under a provision inserted into a military spending bill by Senator Bill Frist of Tennessee, t

53 officers from a number of law enforcement agencies, some with guns drawn, stormed into 2 Aspen restaurants during the busy after-ski time, netted about 2 ounces of cocaine, $3,000 in cash, nine arrests for drug involvement and 11 for immigration l

Dottie Neeley, 87, was fingerprinted, photographed and thrown in jail. She is among a growing number of senior citizens charged in a crackdown: Elderly people reselling their painkillers and other medications to addicts.

Resurgent Taliban forces have forged an alliance with drug smugglers in the lawless Afghan province of Helmand, underscoring a worrying slide in security just months before thousands of British troops are due to take control in the spring.

More than 20 years after 4 controlled studies showed that glucosamine and chondroitin supplements allay the symptoms of wear-and-tear (osteo) arthritis, the NIH finally backs 2 studies to confirm what was known 2 decades ago.

The world's leading drugmaker Pfizer said it has discovered an anti-smoking drug that mimics nicotine and is considerably more effective than Zyban, the only prescription anti-smoking medicine available on the US market.

Seniors can begin signing up today for Medicare prescription drug plans. In most states, at least 40 plans are being offered. Some offer prescription drug coverage only. Others offer the full range of Medicare services, such as visits to a doctor**Q*

Cocaine traffickers have largely abandoned planes for boats to smuggle cocaine, they have global positioning systems, satellite telephones and custom-made 800-horsepower fiberglass boats that can do 50 mph.

In a major victory for Merck & Co Inc., a jury decided the drugmaker provided adequate warning to doctors about health risks associated with its withdrawn painkiller Vioxx and did not commit consumer fraud in marketing the drug.

Several U.S. Supreme Court members appeared supportive on Tuesday of allowing New Mexican followers of a small Brazilian-based religion to legally use hallucinogenic tea as a sacrament, a case that pits drug laws against those protecting religious fr

Williams, who has sold 30 million records as a solo artist, endorsed Moss in front of senior executives from T-Mobile, which unveiled a multimillion-pound sponsorship deal to sell exclusive phone downloads of his songs. Despite the outburst, the Germ

The last three decades of the U.S. War on Drugs have wasted over half a
trillion tax dollars, and choked our court systems, quadrupled our prison
population, and made prison-building our nation¹s fastest growing industry,
but Drugs are now more po